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Monday, August 30, 2004 |  |
And the art keeps flowing
Didn't think I was going to get to it today... but sometimes you get lucky. The next of about 8 backlogged batches of Miscellaneous Art (ten items per batch) is now up for grabs - so go grab. Cool sketches today. (Louis Wu 21:20:09 UTC) (permalink)
Inactive and Camouflaged
Boxer points out that Episode 5 of Adventures in Disaster has been posted at akba.net. Careful where you step. (Louis Wu 20:30:31 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 Wallpaper Kit
About a million years ago, or maybe it was just back in July, drelnathi sent along a collection of 18 Halo 2 figures, nicely separated from their backgrounds and saved as layered Photoshop documents. They were designed to help people make cool wallpapers - which is why he called it the Halo 2 Wallpaper Kit. Of course, the first upload was corrupt, and the second one got lost in the crush of new files... so it's taken until now to make this package available. It's rather large (32 mb, zipped), so if you don't have Photoshop (or an application that can read layered photoshop documents), don't bother downloading it. Hopefully, folks can use these to make cleaner desktops for the community! Go grab it at files2.bungie.org. (Louis Wu 18:59:52 UTC) (permalink)
Imported from Reach.
John Kamphus found an old cigar box in his attic, and added some flavor (14k). Sarge would love him... (Louis Wu 18:21:32 UTC) (permalink)
Halo FAN Opens
Subnova has launched the Halo FAN - a Fansite Advertising Network. If you run a Halo fansite with banner ads, joining this network will give your site exposure across the Halo fansite continuum, as well as providing you with a professionally-managed backend for your advertising particulars. Visit the info page for more details, and information on how you can benefit from this. (Louis Wu 18:04:19 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 Preview at MuchMusic
MuchMusic.com got a chance to play the Zanzibar build at X04 in Toronto a couple of weeks ago - and they, too, have written up their impressions. Check 'em out. Thanks, Bored_dude. (Louis Wu 18:03:28 UTC) (permalink)
Hardcore Mapping
Now THAT'S some dedicated mapping. Eric Loux sat down with what looks like graphing paper and a pencil and mapped out the Pillar of Autumn. Image is only 10K, so take a look. (Louis Wu 17:21:03 UTC) (permalink)
synide - graduate, Halo skool of ownage
Ryan 'synide' Thompson, who was recently Spotlighted by the Junkyard (go read it - it's funny!), wrote up his own Halo 2 review based on his experience at last week's MLG Seattle Downpour event. Swing on by Gotfrag for the lowdown, and some cool pics. (Louis Wu 17:14:39 UTC) (permalink)
Death of the Common Grunt
Okay - the film quality is pretty low (it was filmed with a digital camera, in movie mode), and the dialogue leaves a little to be desired... but Collin Ferry's 'Death of the Common Grunt' film still brought a smile to my face. It's available in WMP9 format (3.6 mb) or QuickTime format (3.4 mb), and it'll only eat a minute of your life. Go watch it. (Louis Wu 14:56:02 UTC) (permalink)
Still more wallpapers
And again, continuing to clear the Wallpaper queue, there are 10 new desktops for you in the Wallpaper section this morning. Eep - time to get back to the Misc Art queue! (Louis Wu 13:55:11 UTC) (permalink)
German Halo 2 preview at Halo Universe
If you can read German, you should swing over to Halo Universe, where they've put up a preview of Halo 2, based on thier impressions at the Games Convention last week, along with another small (2.7 mb, WMP9 format) shakeycam vid of the action. (Louis Wu 13:00:43 UTC) (permalink)
55-0 in 6 Seconds.
Stuntmutt takes a shot at passed-over assets in today's One One Se7en. Might make you cry instead of laugh... (For some of you, that won't be anything new, when it comes to One One Se7en.) (Louis Wu 12:49:38 UTC) (permalink)
Monday Morning Musings
Ten new pieces in the Fan Fiction queue were approved today - many new series started! Go see what you can find. (Louis Wu 12:46:02 UTC) (permalink)
Comics and Flash - part of a balanced breakfast
Trigun mentions that there's a new episode of Halo: On Vacation as well as a new Flash episode of That Halo Parody over at the 7th Revolution. (Well, it's really at Newgrounds, but it's LISTED at the 7th Revolution. Or something.) (Louis Wu 12:37:49 UTC) (permalink)
You got a hunter WHERE?
foxygrandpa117 completed another one of those 'wow-this-is-gonna-take-a-while' tricks by bringing a Hunter to the bottom of the security shaft in Silent Cartographer. Read his forum post, watch the procedure (6.3 mb, WMP9 format, hosted by Mythica) and TELL me you wouldn't go insane doing that. (Louis Wu 12:27:50 UTC) (permalink)
Report Card
mrsmiley points out that Halo Babies has a new Guest Strip from Polarbear. The things you never wondered about as a kid... (Louis Wu 12:12:25 UTC) (permalink)
How to Get it to us
In response to many, many, MANY questions about submissions to our various sections, I've finally written up a set of guidelines - they SHOULD help you get your content to us. (They'll also tell you what we're not willing to put up.) Questions or suggestions, as always, can be sent to us via email. You'll find a new 'Submissions' link in the navbar, for easy access. (Louis Wu 00:59:31 UTC) (permalink)
Sunday's news in brief:
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Works better plugged in. Halo 2 Preview at Gamestyle More Desktops More Transcribed Halo Music More details about Big Screen Halo |
Saturday's news in brief:
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Fellowship of aliens, eh? Outage Potential WinXP issues relating to HPC/CE Hangar-X Queue clearing - the Misc Art edition Wallpapers Small Saturday Fiction Update Dude, you're gonna be so whipped, man |
